Word: salesman
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...Gulag population as part of the destalinization drive, Maloumian was informed by the warden of Taishet, a prison in eastern Siberia, that his arrest had been a mistake and that he was to be declared "rehabilitated" and freed. Though he returned to France, where he became an airline ticket salesman, Maloumian never forgave the Soviets for his seven-year imprisonment and constantly sought reparations. Now, 23 years later, his efforts are beginning to pay off: Moscow has agreed to hear his case and has appointed a Soviet lawyer to examine...
...ninety degree angles. The only thing prettier than ladies as an I-beam painted bright yellow. I told 'em I wanted a big door. A big door in front where a girl could hide her car if she wanted to evade the gaze of her husband the rat poison salesman. You ever been out with a ratpoison salesman? They are fine fellows with little red eyes...
...anywhere near Fort Lee, nor could Elayne transfer to New Mexico. Richard even tried to transfer to the Army-to no avail. Exasperated by months of snafus, Richard resigned from the Air Force and joined Elayne at Fort Lee. There he eventually found a job as a salesman in a department store. No sooner had he done so than the Army transferred her to West Berlin on an "unaccompanied tour," with no accommodation for a spouse. Richard went along anyway; this time he settled for work as a handyman. Soon there was a new complication on the domestic front...
Reflecting the inconsistencies and quirks in usage, the Oxford paperback views "salesman" as exclusively masculine (with "saleswoman" its feminine counterpart). In this case the dictionary also bows uncomplainingly to civil authority, defining without derision the term "salesperson," required by law in nondiscriminatory help-wanted advertising...
...Indelibly typecast as the galactic commander-he was even addressed as "Captain" while testifying in Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency in the mid-'50s-Hodge was never able to get other roles. After Video's demise in 1956, he worked as a real estate agent, a glove salesman and a security guard, among other jobs, finally winding up alone and broke in his memento-strewn hotel room...